Day: March 2, 2016

Palm oil: who’s still trashing forests? How ‘clean’ is the palm oil used by major brands around the world? Today, we’re releasing the results of our investigation into which companies are keeping promises to stop deforestation in Indonesia for palm…

Scientists still fail to record age and sex of lab mice Text-mining analysis finds that studies fall short of best practice — despite guidelines introduced in 2010. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2016.19500 Source: Nature NewsScientists still fail to record age and…

A fast radio burst’s home galaxy may not be known after all The recently claimed host galaxy of a fast radio burst may have been signs of a snacking black hole instead, study claims. Source: Science NewsA fast radio burst’s…

Repeating fast radio bursts recorded for the first time Until now, ephemeral blasts of radio waves from other galaxies have never repeated; this one erupted 10 times last year. Source: Science NewsRepeating fast radio bursts recorded for the first time…

Ice loss, the beauty of the Arctic and the threat of fishing fleets Together we kicked out Shell; seven million people across the world stopped Shell’s expansion into the Arctic in 2015. Later in the year nations came together in…

{$inline_image} One planet, thousands of land-struggles to save it Indigenous peoples and local communities are at the heart of the fight against climate change and environmental destruction. When a new mine breaks ground, when land is grabbed, or when industrial…